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5 words match “FESCUE”

FESCUE n. 5 definitions
ick, etc., used chiefly to point out letters to children when learning to read. "Pedantic fescue.' Sterne. To come under the fescue of an imprimatur. Milton.
CHRISTCROSS n.
ten, or stamped on certain objects, -- sometimes as the sign of 12 o'clock on a dial. The fescue of the dial is upon the christcross of noon. Old Play. Nares.
FESTUE n.
A straw; a fescue. [Obs.] Holland.
GRASS n.
Elymus, several species. Manna grass, pasture and hay. Glyceria, several species. Meadow fescue, pasture and hay. Festuca elatior. Meadow foxtail, pasture, hay, lawn. North. Alopecurus pratensis. Meadow grass, pasture, hay, lawn. Poa, several species. Mesquite, or Muskit grass. Same as Grama grass (above). Nimble Will…
RANDALL GRASS n.
The meadow fescue (Festuca elatior). See under Grass.